📚 New Publication: Re-viewed: Alan Warde’s Consumption and Theories of Practice
Written by Torik Holmes, Dale Southerton, Tamzin Rollason, Jenny Rinkinen & Elizabeth Shove, the article is a 20-year re-reading of a foundational text in consumption studies🔎
🔗 ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/jpt/article/...
👏♻️ New Article Accepted!
Towards a circular economy of plastic: exploring the vital role of everyday household disposal.
Helen Holmes & Torik Holmes, with Michael Shaver & Kris Kortsen, share insights on recycling & supply chain misalignment.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2325...
As civic space shrinks and environmental protections come under pressure, groups are seeking new tools to challenge harmful planning decisions.
🔗 Read more: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2026/02/...
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #Planning #GreaterManchester
⚖️🌱 The Climate and Justice Group, with support from the Sustainable Consumption Institute, brought together campaigners, lawyers & researchers to explore how legal strategies can strengthen environmental activism in Greater Manchester.
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🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill
Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!
Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...
#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
We invite critical, interdisciplinary work on power, AI, data, labour & sustainability—especially Global South and counter-intuitive perspectives.
📝 Abstracts (300 words): 15 Feb
💸 Funding available
📧 kaley.black@manchester.ac.uk (cc aarti.krishnan-2@manchester.ac.uk)
🌱🤖 Reminder: Call for Abstracts – Eco-Bytes Conference
Eco-Bytes: Navigating Sustainable Futures at the Digital and AI Frontiers of Food and Agriculture
📍 University of Manchester
📅 25–26 June 2026
Organised by GDI & Alliance Manchester Business School
🌱💰 New article by James Jackson & Matthias Larsen in Green Central Banking
How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.
Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m
📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...
📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Z8UDCJ
📄 Explore Torik’s latest report: bit.ly/4t8nFQv
🔬♻️ SCI Research Spotlight
Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.
Welcome to UoM @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social!
Professor Rebecca Willis will join as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance - enhancing our role as a leading contributor to UK and global #climatepolicy.
@uomhums.bsky.social
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Workshop on Emotions & Affect in Transitions
🗓 27 March 2026 | 📍 University of Manchester
We’re exploring how emotions shape climate action, mobility, sustainability & change.
Open to Master’s, PhD & ECRs.
📝 Submit 250–300 word abstracts by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 bit.ly/48tVSlo
What a day at the Co-created Futures Conference! 🌍✨
Congratulations to Tetyana Solovey, Topo Mokokwane & Dwica Wulandari for winning the poster competition 👏
Thanks to our speakers & attendees for making it a collaborative experience. 🚀
#CoCreatedFutures #Innovation #Collaboration #FutureThinking
What does a green economy really look like—and who gets to be part of it? 🌱
At the ESRC Festival, experts debated green jobs, skills, and opportunities—and challenges—of an inclusive economy.
The discussion explored just transitions: who benefits and who’s left out. Read more here: bit.ly/48u8IyM
Henrietta’s Roadkill seminar challenged us to rethink cars—not just as convenience but as a social, economic, and environmental issue🚗
Hidden costs include pollution, longer commutes, displaced communities, and global inequality. Smarter infrastructure and collective action can make a difference 🚆✊
Talk is on now! Prof. Henrietta L. Moore on her new book Roadkill.
Cars have killed 60-80 million people since they were invented, yet we rely on them more than ever, even as they slowly damage our health, cities +planet.
If cars= “freedom,” why are they costing us so much?🚘⛓️💥
🚨 Less than 24 hours to go! 🚨
Join us tomorrow for the SCI Annual Lecture 2025 with Prof Dame Henrietta Moore on her new book Roadkill, exploring the true cost of car culture. 🚗💥
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008
🕓 2 Dec, 16:15–17:45
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
As the 2025 conference season wraps, we’re celebrating the many events where SCI members have been presenting, connecting, and shaping big conversations on sustainability. 🌍✨
Catch the highlights in our new blog 👇
bit.ly/4rpZNqS
#Sustainability #2025Conferences
Proud doesn’t even cover it! 💜
The University of Manchester has retained its place in the global top 10 for sustainability in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings.
🔗 Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
🚨 Less than a week to go! 🚨
Join Proffessor Dame Henrietta Moore at the SCI Annual Lecture 2025 on 2 Dec at AMBS. Explore Roadkill & the impact of car culture on sustainability🚗
Panel, Q&A & drinks to follow.
📍 Theatre 2.008 | Dec 2, 16:15–17:45
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
Why even pro-climate action organisations may pull in different directions (text background is image of an Australian bush fire)
Donald Trump has snubbed COP30.
COP29 was defined by hostility and division.
Global heating limits of 1.5C are increasingly unlikely.
So how can pro-climate actors agree on strategy?
@matpaterson.bsky.social and Dr Paul Tobin explore how to pull back from climate change.
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @ukri.org @justcentre.bsky.social
@walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
@mancgreenpeace.bsky.social @edrc-uk.bsky.social
@tyndallcentre.bsky.social ky.social @sustainableuom.bsky.social @carbon.coop
📢 SCI Annual Lecture 2025🚗 with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore
Join us on Tue 2nd December at AMBS for an inspiring lecture on the hidden costs of car culture, drawn from her new book Roadkill.
🎤 Includes panel discussion + Q&A
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008 | 🕓 4:00–5:30
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
🌱 What does the future of green careers look like?
Join leading voices across Greater Manchester to discuss skills for a greener and fairer future.
📅 6 Nov | 🕜 2pm–3.30pm (Hybrid) | 📍 Manchester Mechanics Institute
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-jobs...
#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest @ukri.org
🔔New Blog!🔔
I recently contributed to this article which emerged from @manchestersci.bsky.social's “Governing Polycrisis and Sustainabilities” workshop held in Feb. It is a collab between SCI colleagues Sandra Barragan, Tetyana Solovey, Usman Aziz and myself.
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2025/10/...
Part of the ESRC Festival, The Making Room Fair in Manchester celebrates sustainable fashion through upcycling, repair, and creative making for a greener future.
Read the new SCI blog here: bit.ly/47DIwTe
@ukri.org
#ESRCFestival
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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🌍 Sustainability isn’t just about tech or policy. It’s about mindset.
This blog from @manchestersci.bsky.social explores how optimism and pessimism influence climate actions. Both hope and doubt are important, but are we brave enough to accept this tension?
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2025/10/...
How do optimism, trust, and market logic shape sustainability efforts—and hold them back?
A new SCI blog explores the emotional and political tensions shaping today’s sustainability landscape.
Read more on ‘anti-governance’ and collective action in a time of polycrisis. 🌍👇
